Re: xterm-menus not working

[Johann Spies <jhspies@futurenet.co.za>]

On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, Keith Harbaugh wrote:


> I had exactly the same problem you originally described, shrunken xterm-menus,
> when I originally used for the geometry resource what the X people call
> "loose resource specifications", with the `*',
> which modifies the geometry of *all* widgets subordinate to the XTerm class.
> But the problem immediately went away when I switched to a
> "tight resource specification", namely, 'XTerm.vt100.geometry: whatever',
> which only influences the geometry of the XTerm vt100 widget,
> but not the geometry of the menu widgets.
> 
> In your case, you still have the loose specification
> > XTerm*geometry: 80x24
> which would likewise be impacting the menu widgets.

Thanks Keith.  That did it.  After changing my .Xdefaults to
Xterm.vt.geometry in stead of using * the menus are usable.  In which
documentation did you find that?

Johann

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